Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney will distribute the first of 15,000 free smoke alarms to low income residents. The smoke alarms are funded through a $500,000 federal grant received by the state fire marshal’s office in August. The funding will …
Concerned about dwindling confidence in the impartiality of judges, the Supreme Court leaned this toward forcing elected judges to step aside from cases that would raise an appearance of bias if they took part. “Our whole system is designed to …
The police chief in North Charleston, South Carolina says a new camera system that can check license plates in an instant is so good at finding stolen cars and tags, he wants to set up a camera in high crime …
Highway Patrol troopers in North Carolina have issued nearly 9,000 citations during a campaign aimed at reducing the number of traffic accidents involving teenagers. Thirty-one drivers under age 21 were cited for driving while intoxicated, and more than 3,000 speeding …
A Massachusetts man has pleaded not guilty to pocketing $36,000 in insurance payments by filing 21 fake injury claims for the same broken tooth. Tod Schaffer of Brookline was released on personal recognizance after pleading not guilty on this week …
Nearly a year after the first fatal injury at America’s most famous horse race, Churchill Downs announced this week it is beefing up safety requirements ahead of this year’s Kentucky Derby. The company is enacting more than 20 changes, ranging …
Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon announced that disciplinary actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) in December 2008 and January 2009 resulted in administrative penalties totaling $169,800. Commissioner’s orders are subject to …
The Arkansas House of Representatives has approved a ban on cigarette lighters that look like children’s toys. The ban on novelty lighters, which now goes to Gov. Mike Beebe, came about after the death of two Russellville children who died …
Federal investigators say Lawton, Okla.’s Goodyear tire plant won’t be cited in connection with an accident that killed a worker there in September. Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Todd says the agency has completed its investigation and found …
The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), a retail and managing general agency headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, has added Charles Locke as its new vice president of claims. Locke brings more than 35 years of insurance experience in claims management, …